LUTH to meet Lagos over doctors’ tax

To ensure that striking doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba call off their strike, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Akin Osibogun, has said the management will meet the state government to review the demands of the doctors.

Resident doctors at LUTH had on Tuesday embarked on a three-day warning strike to seek a review of their taxes .

Osibogun said, “We are holding talks with the union, looking at all the details they gave and seeing whether everything is in accordance with the tax law.We are also discussing with the Lagos State Tax Office just to be sure that we are in compliance with the tax law of Nigeria.

“But doctors need to be educated on tax payment and how to adapt to it.Tax is an annual payment and the institution must complete payment before the end of the year to avoid penalty.Tax deductions are usually made in January and if not deducted in full, it would be deducted fully before the end of the year. LUTH cannot afford to breach the law.”

The President of the striking doctors, Dr. Olatunji Adenekan, when contacted, declined to comment on the position of the association on the strike.

Adenekan said, “The action is to press home our demands but it is an internal issue which can be solved between the managment and the association.”

However, a consultant with LUTH, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the senior doctors would put in extra hours at the various departments of the hospital to accommodate more patients while the strike lasts.

THE ILLEGAL DEDUCTION OF BOGUS TAX FROM THE MONTHLY SALARIES OF RESIDENT DOCTORS AND HOUSE OFFICERS WORKING IN LUTH IS WORRISOME.
PROF. OSIBOGUN SHOULD EXPLAIN THE REASON BEHIND THIS ASTRONOMICAL INCREASE FROM 7000 NAIRA TO 22000 PER MONTH CONTRARY TO WHAT IS PUBLISHED BY FJTB ON MONDAY.
EFCC SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE CMD AND ARD PRESIDENT AS THEY ARE PARTNERS IN CRIME.

Redcapchief

My brother are you talking about this tax issue? I pay as much as 100,000naira every month and some months 200,000naira. I ask myself reason for this huge deduction when i still buy fuel to run my generator on a daily basis, no medical care from the government and so on. Nigerian government woke up one morning and borrowed huge tax regime from western country without considering the plight of her citizens and the fact that those western countries have everything working for them. It would have been nice if the federal government had started with even 10% tax and let the masses see what they have done with the money and then appreciate any further call for increment. Borrow borrow Nigeria, oooooh, i weep for my country. Myself and most Nigerians suffer this same fate but God will purnish all those who sat down to device this means of stealing from the poor masses without anything to show for it.

omooba

this man is obviously a criminal. LUTH has made very little or no progress since he assumed leadership of the institution. I wonder why the government allows him to continue to reck the institution. It is however disappointing that the various unions within this citadel havent been able to wrestle him to the ground.

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if every professional has to strike because of increase in PAYE taxes then there will be anarchy. Nigerians rather than we addressing our problems fundamentally by asking what the revenue that accrue to government is being used for, rather we are docile and take everything agents of Govt heap on us. Let everyone rises up and demand full accountability through FOI and and galvanize public support for pressure on Govt on judicious use of our collective resources

kunle adekunle

So people should keep quiet and endure the pain when their institution decides to deduct thrice the published amount of Tax monthly…….. BTW, it is not PAYE, its PITA , a newly introduced type of tax.

This tax issue is a serious issue. The same applicable to National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi Lagos. I was paying tax of 12,000 Naira Monthly before, only last month Nov. It jumped to 45,000 Naira Monthly. l wonder how much our parliamentarian in the state and Federal house of assembly are actually paying, and yet there is fuel scarcity, no good road and water. They only borrow all this idea from western world to inflict hardship on the masses. The fuel subsidy they removed last year what have they done with it?

Omo jesu

On top it,rumours have it dat Prof Osibogun is likely the next minister of health.
God help us in this country…

frank

I stand wit the doctors on the issue of unfair taxation but i am against the doctors new found weapon of strike. Why dont they sue the government or look for other effective means. I lost a family member becos of one of their strike as others will when they decide to go on another long strike. What about their duty to save life first? This behaviour only make them look greedy and self fish

Dotun Atilade

Most of the money or so call tax deducted are not remitted to the government.

LAWAL ABDULYEKINI

Pls stop bogus deductns in d name of tax. How much is bn deducted from our political appointees that take 3x salaries of civil servants? How much tax is bn deducted from Mr. President, hs Vice down to d Councillors? Why putting heavy taxes on d poor civil servants? Are they to blame 4 Nigeria’s misrule?

LAWAL ABDULYEKINI

Pls stop bogus deductions in d name of tax. How much is being deducted from our political appointees that take 3x salaries of civil servants? How much tax is bn deducted from Mr. President, his Vice down to d Councillors? Why putting heavy taxes on d poor civil servants? Are they to blame 4 Nigeria’s misrule?

daniel

Why did the management of Luth wait until there’s industrial action before agreeing to discuss a tax regimen? He calling Lagos state…are they’re causes the unfair and illegal taxation? Lagos state employed doctors listed this as one of their complaintsbut emperor Fashola couldn’t give a damn and presently I am not aware that Fashola has settled the issues of high and illegal deductions in Lagos health workers.

Dotun

Its amazing our own ARD president is not bold enough to tell the Nigerian public the truth about the strike. The over deduction has been going on a long while. This is just one of the several issues that is rocking LUTH under Oshibogun’s mal-administration. While he throws out residents who attempted exams only once, his cronies who misinform him and deceive him are given extensions. ARD LUTH wake up, you are one of the largest ARD in Nigeria but your executive council is a shame tho the body of doctor.

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